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John Lennon tried to prevent death after warning he'd be assassinated

John Lennon was warned he’d be assasinated by being “shot on an island” and tried to prevent his own death.

John Lennon (WENN)
John Lennon (WENN)

The Beatles legend was reportedly given a warning about the event that eventually killed him by a Greek astrologer during a holiday to the country with his wife Yoko Ono in 1969.

The couple were so spooked by the prediction, they cancelled a planned yachting trip around the Greek Islands with singer Donovan, filmmaker Nico Mastorakis has revealed.

However, John was tragically gunned down by Mark Chapman on the New York island of Manhattan in 1980, 11 years after he was told how he would die.

The story has emerged now that Nico is selling a three-minute silent film of the couple walking through the streets of Athens, which he discovered during a clear-out of his house.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono (WENN)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (WENN)

He told the Sunday Times newspaper: “John and Yoko assumed the shooting would be on a Greek Island.”

In 2000, Yoko spoke to Nico about the omen, saying they were right to “be careful” but they did so “in the wrong way”.

She said: “I totally believe that some people are psychic and the message comes through some people. In our case, she told us that, but we were not careful in the way we should have been.

“We were careful, but in the wrong way as we did not go to the Greek Islands.”

Clockwise from top left: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles
Clockwise from top left: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles

The previously-unseen footage is expected to fetch around £15,000 when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams’ Auction House on Thursday, and will be packaged with a signed statement detailing the shooting prediction, as well as photos of John holding the video camera to prove authenticity.